Wagon-brake.



N0. 724,900. V PATENTED APR-7, 1903., W. H. LOPER & M. HALLEY.

WAGON BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1902. N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. LOPER AND MAGOR HALLEY, OF COEUR DALENE, IDAHO.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,900, dated April'7, 1903.

' Application filed November 5, 1902- Serial No. 130,126. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WVILLIAM and MAGOR HALLEY,c itizens of the UnitedStates, residing at Ooeur i dAlene, in the county of Kootenai and Stateof Idaho, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Brakes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in wagon-brakes, and itsnovelty,'utility, and

practical advantages will be fully understoodillustrating the manner inwhich the rockshaft and the levers of our improvements are connected.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of theseveral views of the drawings, referring to which A is anaxle of a wagonrunning-gear provided with wheels B,--and C is a bar or pole connectedby hounds -D to the axle. These parts may be and preferably are oftheordinary well-known construction.

E is a crossbar, preferably of wood, arranged on and fixedly connectedto the tongue and hounds and extending laterally outward therefrom topoints adjacent to the rims of the wheels 13; F F, bars or straps ofmetal connected at their rear ends, preferably by shackles a, to theaxle A, and at their forward ends to the bar E at points adjacent to theends thereof; G, a brake-beam disposed below and loosely connected bylinks 12 or other suitable means to the bar E and having shoes I) toengage the rims of wheels B; H H, bracket-arms,preferably of metal,bifurcated at their forward ends, as indicated by-c, to receive the.beam G, to which they are fixedly connected and extending at rightangles rearwardly from saidbeam;'I I, horizontally-disposed leverspivotally connected at their outer ends to the bars or straps F H. Lorna:andat intermediate points in their-length to the bracket -arms H; J, atransverse rockshaft journaled in suitable bearings d on axle A andhaving a depending crank e at an intermediate point of its length and ahandle fat one end, and'K K links interposed between and connectingthecrank e of shaft J and the inner arms of the lovers I. g

In virtue of the construction described it 'will be observed that whenthehandle f and the shaft J are rocked forwardly or in the directionindicated by arrow the brake-beam G will be drawn rearwardly and itsshoes 19 carried against the rims of the wheels B, also thatthrough themedium of the rock-shaft J and the lovers E the operator is enabled toexert great leverage on the brake-beam, and hence powerfully apply theshoes thereof against the rims of the wheels, which is materiallyadvantageous, especially when the wagon is descending a sharp grade.

-When the handle f is released, the brake- "beam will gravitate to theposition (best shown in Fig. 2) below the bar E, and 'byso doing returnall of the other parts to thepositions shown in Figs. 1' and 2. Thebrake,- beam will also serve to normally hold the parts in the positionlast stated and against casual movement.

It will be further observed that notwithstanding its advantages ourimproved brake is very simple and inexpensive and is adapt- .ed'to bequickly and easily applied to the running-gear of an ordinary wagonwithout entailing change in the construction of the same. 7

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

In a vehicle, the combination of an axle, wheels on the ends thereof, alongitudinal central bar fixed to the axle, a transverse bar fixed atits middle to the longitudinal central bar, longitudinal bars F arrangedadjacent to the wheels, and connected to the axle and'the bar E, therock-shaft J journaled'in bearings on the axle, and having the'crank e,disposed in the longitudinal center of the vehi cle, and the handle fatits outer end, a transverse, swinging brake-beam disposed below andconnected by links to the bar E, levers fulcrumed at one end on the barsF and eX- our hands in presence of two subscribing wit tending inwardlytherefrom, whereby their nesses.

inner ends rest adjacent to the crank 6, links WILLIAM H. LOPER.

connecting said levers and crank, and arms MAGOR HALLEY.

Vitnesses:

5 connecting the levers and the beam, all as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set ALBERT V. CHAMBERLIN, PAUL A.STIMKE.

